A prospective study of the effects of anterior temporal lobectomy on emotion recognition and theory of mind

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2783-2790

  Shaw, P ^a,b   Lawrence, E ^a   Bramham, J ^a   Brierley, B ^a   Radbourne, C ^a   David, A S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Emotion recognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; EMOTIONS; EPILEPSY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 34547416626     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.04.020     Document Type: Article

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